If I were a planet
I’d have a hollow core
Crepuscular in odyssey
I’d drift aimlessly
Ricocheting against
Invisible labyrinths
No matter how
Fastidious the design
Fate always bends
Toward entropy
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If I were a landscape
I’d have a muddied surface
From hoards of unshod feet
Trampling my potential
Into self-serving affectations
Impatience and convenience
Always trump conservation
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If I were a house
I’d be uninhabited
Save for death
Which preys
Even as it sows
Transience being
Indiscriminate
In its undertaking
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If I were a man
Praise would not terminate
My sense of omission
I’d hunt egregiously
From stolen parcels
And assign contrast
I am good
Therefore,
Other is bad
mindlovemisery 
Very clever, very symbolic! This is a favourite I think! 🙂 🙂
Oh wow Helen that is tremendous compliment from you =)
Love this!! If you were/are a woman you would be what you want and control the universe 😀
Thank you lol
Very cleverly done…
Thank you so much =)
Beautifully done Yves, excellent imagery, i do love imagery, probably because I struggle a little with creating my own….lol
Thanks so much Michael I love imagery =)
So do I.
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“Impatience and convenience always trump conservation.” – and there lies the root of so many unintentional evils.
So true and so deeply tragic
Oh, very poignant, I adored the first verse! 😀
Thank you so much =)
Good poem, there are difficult situations difficult to imagine that they are easy for you!
Thank you Leovi =)
A masterpiece! There is so much to this piece, I feel a sense of loneliness in all the creations, whether man-made or natural and your imagery is wonderful.
Thank you so much Lisa =)
I am always amazed at your word smithing in your poems. 😀 Awesome!
Awww thank you =)
I really, really like this one! Well done…it’s perfect. 🙂
Awww thank you so much
Wonderful!
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